MOTORCYCLE

New Delhi: Building on the success of the Gixxer, Suzuki Motorcycles India is looking to add a new variant. The Suzuki Gixxer SF, the fully faired version of the Gixxer will be in showrooms from April 7, 2015.
From the spy shots which are available on the Internet, it can be...

New Delhi: Tiumph after showcasing the new Tigers at the 2015 India Bike Week have launched them in India. The base Tiger XR starts at Rs 10.5 lakh, the Triumph Tiger 800 XCx is priced at Rs 12.7 lakh while the Tiger 800 XRx retails at Rs 11.6 lakh, ex-Delhi.
These...

New Delhi: Royal Enfield has added a new colour to the Continental GT. The black Royal Enfield Continental GT is priced at Rs 2.13 lakh, on-road Delhi, the same price as the other colours, yellow and red.
Mechanically there are no changes in the Continental GT Black. The motorcycle has clip-on...

Kolkata Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India(HMSI) would raise the production capacity of two-wheelers in 2016 after the commencement of operations of its new plant,a top company official said.
"Our production capacity at present in the three plants is 4.6 million units. After the commencement of operations of the Gujarat plant in...

New Delhi: Indian Motorcycle has launched the Indian Chief Dark Horse at Rs 21.99 lakh (ex-Delhi).
The motorcycle was revealed at the recently held Progressive International Motor Show in Chicago and the US-based manufacturer has wasted no time in revealing the price of the motorcycle for the Indian market.
After launching the...

US-based motorcycle manufacturers, Indian Motorcycle, has launched the 2015 Roadmaster in India at Rs 37 lakh (ex-Delhi). The price however is subject to variation on the basis of the colour scheme opted for.
The Roadmaster will now sell alongside the Indian Chief (Classic and Vintage), Chieftain and Scout.
The Roadmaster is...

A wide range of bikes will be coming this year. Here's is a list of motorcycles scheduled to be launched in India in 2015.2015 Yamaha YZF-R1 and R1MIndia Yamaha has confirmed that the 2015 R1 will go on sale in March, while Facebook posts from dealers confirm that the prices...

New Delhi: Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India plans to launch over ten two-wheeler models next year, including seven all new products, as the company aims to further strengthen its presence in the country.
The company, which today expanded its mid-sized motorcycle range with the launch of CB Unicorn 160, sells a...

Harley-Davidson has launched three new motorcycles in India and now have an offering from every one of their seven families of motorcycles that are available abroad.
The first of these bikes is the brand new 2015 Breakout. This is the only bike of these three that will be locally assembled -...

Ahmedabad: Riding upon the 'Make in India' appeal, auto giant 'Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Private Limited' (HMSI) will start production of its high-end sports motorcycle 'CBR-650' in the country from next year, a top company executive said here today.
"We announce that (from) next year Honda will start making CBR...

Do you have that one friend who won't let you touch his bike? We know all about him. A scratch on his bike hurts him more than all his failures combined together. He is the encyclopaedia of the physics behind how a motorcycle works and the Royal Enfield is probably...

Honda has launched its third and what could probably be its last motorcycle of the Dream series for India. The Honda CD 110 Dream is available in one trim(kick/drum/alloy) priced at Rs 41,100 exDelhi, making it the most affordable two wheeler in the country from the Japanese manufacturer. The CD...

Los Angeles: Actor Brad Pitt spent $37,000 on a rare motorcycle after his friend's beloved bike was destroyed in a house fire.
The 50yearold actor reportedly scoured the globe for a rare 1936 HarleyDavidson VLD motorcycle for his friend, reports contactmusic.com.
"The guy had several bikes, but this was his baby and...

Bhubaneswar : Twowheeler major Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) plans to sell 45 lakh units in 201415, a jump of 21 per cent over the previous fiscal.
"Honda achieved highest ever sales of 37.21 lakh units in 201314. The target for the current fiscal is to sell around 45 lakh...

New Delhi: Domestic passenger car sales grew by 3.08 per cent to 1,48,577 units last month as compared with 1,44,132 units in May 2013. According to the data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), motorcycle sales in May this year grew by 11.71 per cent to 9,84,469...

New Delhi: TVS Motor Company launched all new 110cc commuter motorcycle Star City+, starting at Rs 41,500 (exshowroom Delhi), as it looks to enhance its presence in the below 125 cc segment.
The Chennaibased firm, which currently sells Star City and Sport models in the below...

Suzuka Motorcycles, a Gujaratbased company, has launched a range of dirt bikes and allterrain vehicle (ATVs) for the Indian market. There are a total of three models for both the dirt bikes and ATVs as well. The prices for the bikes start at Rs 3.4 lakh for the base version...

Honda has unveiled a radical new scooter-motorcycle, the NM4 Vultus. Designed by a young team, the Vultus means face in Latin. And speaking of face, the NM4 has a sharp, intimidating front, something of a plus if it were to audition for the role of a decepticon in a...

In a crackdown, 20 automaticpistols have been recovered from a motorcycle in Bihar's Munger district, a police officer said.
Acting on a tip off, the police intercepted a bike in BardahMushari village last night and seized 20 indigenously made automatic pistols as the biker managed to escape, Mufassil police station's Officer...

Greater Noida: Iconic British bike maker Triumph expanded its product portfolio in India with the launch of 'Daytona 675' having a price tag of Rs 10.15 lakh (exshowroom Delhi) at the auto show here.
The new bike is expected to give Triumph Motorcycles a competitive edge within the super sports segment...

Mechanisburg (US): A motorcycleloving man's family has fulfilled his dying wish to be buried astride his beloved HarleyDavidson encased in a seethrough casket. But it wasn't easy. The project required an extralarge
cemetery plot to accommodate a Plexiglas casket for Billy Standley and his hulking custompainted 1967 Electra Glide cruiser.
Five...

After unveiling a lineup of 15 refreshed products in India in November, Hero MotoCorp will showcase two new products on January 29. The company has released two teasers one shows a motorcycle's front and the other shows a scooter's tail.
While Hero has an enviable range of bikes in...

Indian Motorcycles have finally landed on our shores. The American motorcycle manufacturer has brought in its three cruisers to India. The lowest priced among them is the Indian Classic at Rs 26.5 lakh.
The Indian Chief Classic has telescopic cartridge forks with dual rate springs and rides on Dunlop Elite...

Nearly two years after it made a high impact appearance at the 2012 Auto Expo in Delhi, Triumph has finally launched its products for commercial sale in India. The initial range is ten models spread across all of its model lines. Representing the classic line are the Bonneville and the...

Chinese imitations of consumer products is not new. It is now learnt that Piaggio was in for a rude shock when Chinese manufacturers displayed imitations of its premium Vespa scooters at the recently concluded EICMA 2013 also known as the Milan Motorcycle Show.
11 scooters being displayed by seven Chinese exhibitors...

Three persons were crushed to death on Monday by a speeding pick up van on national highway 30 near Akorha village in Bihar's Rohtas district, police said.
The accident took place when two persons riding a motorcycle and a cyclist behind it came under the wheels of a speeding van killing...

A 20yearold woman miraculously escaped major injuries after two motorcycleborne assailants threw acid on her in Delhi, police said on Friday. The bikers, who were masked, threw acid on the woman in east Delhi's GTB Enclave area on Wednesday evening when she was returning from a factory where she works...

Suicide bombers on motorcycles blew themselves up within a minute of each other outside Shi'ite mosques in a volatile Pakistani town near the Afghan border on Friday, killing at least 39 people, officials said.
Sectarian violence has been on the rise in nucleararmed Pakistan, where hardline Sunni militant groups have been...